101 UX Principles – 2nd edition - Second Edition

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Don’t Be Afraid to Ship Something Simple…

One of the (many) great things to come out of the software industry’s adoption of Agile methodologies in the early 2000s is the behavior of shipping early and often. From the Agile Manifesto principles:

Our highest priority is to satisfy the customer through early and continuous delivery of valuable software.

– Agile Manifesto,https://agilemanifesto.org/principles.html

You don’t wait for a “big bang” release; you don’t perfect every aspect of your product—you release valuable software out to users as soon as it’s ready, and you update it continuously. Some of the ways that this principle is often violated in modern software development are:

• You want to add just one more feature before you think ...